to knit (one's eyebrows); to furrow; to contract
pug nose; snub nose; upturned nose
nice; likeable; desirable
vitality; energy; dynamism
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
tingling; stinging; pungently
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
one of these days; someday; one day
such; this sort of; like this
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
to beg; to request; to beseech; to implore; to entreat
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
feigned ignorance; pretending not to know; pretending not to recognize (someone); unconcerned air; indifference; nonchalance
and yet; though; when; in spite of
helplessly; easily; without resistance; without regret
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
to cook (e.g. rice); to boil
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; (already) enough; considerably
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
traditional; customary; conventional
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
(not) very; (not) so; (not) very much; (not) particularly; (not) especially
to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
improvisation; improvised; impromptu; extempore
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose